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The cost of employer-sponsored health benefits will rise 6.5% in the U.S. in 2020, or about 3.8 percentage points higher than the overall inflation rate, according to a report by consulting firm Aon...

Democratic presidential candidates held their third debate Thursday night, and once again a sizable portion of the debate — 21%, according to a Bloomberg analysis — was devoted to health care policy...

In a The New York Times op-ed, Ezekiel Emanuel, a health policy expert and a former adviser in the Obama administration, and Victor Fuchs, a Stanford health economist, look to clarify what they call...

If you watch tonight’s Democratic debates, you’re likely going to see some attacks on Medicare for All and the idea of a public option that would allow anyone to buy into a Medicare-style plan. Those...

Whether Congress will act this year to address the affordability of prescription drugs — a high priority among voters — remains uncertain. But states aren’t waiting. So far this year, 33 states have...

The number of Americans without health insurance rose slightly last year for the first time since 2009, climbing to 27.5 million, the Census Bureau reported Tuesday. Compared with 2017, the number of...

The Department of Health and Human Services announced Wednesday that it will offer states more than $1.8 billion in new funding to fight the opioid crisis. The money will be used to expand access to...

While many Capitol Hill Republicans want to avoid a repeat of the Affordable Care Act repeal debate, President Donald Trump keeps promising a health plan that will be “ phenomenal ” and make the GOP...